shale

English

/ʃeɪl/

noun
Definitions
  • A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
  • (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English schale (scale, husk, shell) inherited from Old English sċealu (husk, shell, pod) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skalō (shell) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kelH-

Gloss

split, cut, divide, part, separate, cleave, sunder, chop

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

分

Emoji
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